New Japan PM: Saving economic crisis top mission
Shinzo Abe took office as Japan's seventh prime minister in six years Wednesday and vowed to overcome the deep-rooted economic and diplomatic crises ...
Japan's Cabinet resigns to make way for new PM
Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda's Cabinet resigned Wednesday to clear the way for a vote in parliament to formally install the nation's new leader, ...
In Egypt Islamists' bastion, discontent creeps up
When election-time rolls around, this impoverished province of farmlands south of Cairo has proven one of the most die-hard bastions of support for ...
AP Interview: Egypt liberal objects to charter
One of Egypt's leading opposition figures on Monday pledged continued resistance to his country's Islamist-oriented constitution even if it is ...
Analysis: Egypt's Islamists tighten grip on power
With the passage of a divisive constitution, Egypt's Islamist leadership has secured its tightest grip on power since Hosni Mubarak's ouster nearly ...
Monti says he is open to leading next government
After keeping Italians, and the rest of Europe, in suspense for weeks, caretaker Premier Mario Monti on Sunday ruled out campaigning in February ...
Egypt opposition alleges vote fraud in referendum
Egypt's opposition said Sunday it will keep fighting the Islamist-backed constitution after the Muslim Brotherhood, the main group backing the ...
Egypt's draft charter gets 'yes' majority in vote
Egypt's Islamist-backed constitution received a "yes" majority in a final round of voting on a referendum that saw a low voter turnout, but the deep ...
Will he or won't he? Italy awaits Monti's decision
Italy's president dissolved parliament Saturday, setting the stage for general elections in February and leaving only one lingering question from ...
EU observers to monitor Jordan's January elections
A European Union official says the bloc's observers will monitor the upcoming parliamentary elections in Jordan for the first time in the country's ...
Romanian PM, president pledge no insults
Romania's prime minister and president have agreed to set aside their bitter rivalry for the good of the country and to stop insulting each other.
Israeli Arabs unenthusiastic about Jan. 22 vote
Israeli Arab activist Rasool Saada is crisscrossing the country to encourage fellow Arab citizens to vote in Jan. 22 parliamentary elections, ...
Party in disarray, Berlusconi wants vote delay
Silvio Berlusconi and fellow leaders of his splintering conservative party on Tuesday pressed for a delay in Italy's national elections, now widely ...
After landslide, Abe says Japan has difficult road
After leading his conservative party to a landslide victory that will bring it back to power after a three-year hiatus, Shinzo Abe stressed Monday ...
Fidel Castro nominated for Cuban parliament seat
Retired Cuban leader Fidel Castro has been nominated for a seat in the country's parliament, authorities said Sunday. The afternoon TV news announced ...
Nationalist Shinzo Abe is likely Japan's next PM
The Liberal Democratic Party's victory in Japan's parliamentary election Sunday virtually ensures that Shinzo Abe, who resigned as prime minister for ...
Kuwait's emir digs in against opposition
Security forces blocked hundreds of protesters from staging a rally outside the parliament building Sunday as Kuwait's emir denounced anti-government ...
Conservative party favored as Japanese vote
Japanese were voting Sunday in parliamentary elections that were expected to put the once-dominant conservatives back in power after a three-year ...
Egyptians take quarrel over charter to the polls
Egyptians took their quarrel over a draft constitution to polling stations Saturday after weeks of violent turmoil between the newly empowered ...
Israeli election downplays Palestinian issue
Peacemaking with the Palestinians, once the main issue by far in Israeli politics, has been strikingly absent from the campaign for next month's ...
A guide to what is next for Egypt
Questions and answers about the ongoing political crisis in Egypt, and what may lie ahead if the referendum on the draft constitution is passed or ...
Final campaign push a day before Japanese vote
Candidates made final impassioned appeals Saturday to Japanese voters a day before parliamentary elections that are likely to hand power back to a ...
Lieberman pre-election exit roils Israeli politics
The resignation of powerful Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman, Benjamin Netanyahu's top Cabinet partner, has shaken up Israeli politics a month ...
Japan survey shows business sentiment darkening
Japanese manufacturers are growing increasingly pessimistic, according to a survey released Friday that added to gloom over the economic outlook ahead ...
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